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UCI alum Vincent Steckler speaking to student in a lecture hall.

Alumnus Vincent Steckler ’80 and his wife donate $10.4 million to UCI

Gift will support art history students, create ICS center promoting inclusiveness

Dania Maldonado, a student in UCI’s Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community

Paying it forward through preventive care

First-gen medical student – a fellowship recipient – aims to help the underserved avoid chronic diseases

Glenda Flores, associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies; Davin L. Phoenix, associate professor of political science; and Stephen Mahler, assistant professor of neurobiology & behavior

Supporting future generations of researchers

Society of Hellman Fellows at UCI expands resources for junior faculty

Fariborz Maseeh, founder of the Massiah Foundation

Massiah Foundation challenge gift to fund UCI chair in Zoroastrian studies

$1.5 million endowment will establish first chair of its kind in the U.S.

Alex Tan, UCI aluma - MFA English holding the poetry book she wrote.

Finding her place

Torn between poetry and fiction, Inez Tan earns an M.F.A. at UCI, with scholarship support, then stays on campus to teach creative writing

UCI medical student Mehron Dhillon stacks donations of personal protective equipment during a drive for supplies in the School of Medicine parking lot.

Giving their all

Community members, local companies, philanthropists, students and alumni have rallied around UCI Health with donations of funds and personal protective equipment

UCI receives $1.5 million from philanthropist Roy Eddleman

Gift will fund research institute devoted to quantum science

Ilhem Messaoudi, professor of molecular biology & biochemistry, (pictured in her lab) is part of a UCI research team using a CRAFT-COVID grant to study the prevalence of undetected COVID-19 among healthcare providers at the UCI Medical Center.

Fast-tracked funding

To expedite campus response to pandemic, UCI leadership amasses $2.5 million for COVID-19 research projects

Healthcare worker attending to hospital patient.

Tu Foundation gives $2.5 million to UCI to support COVID-19 patient care, research

Funding allows campus to ramp up lifesaving treatments, testing and discoveries

Alex Marlow (right), with Kelton Mock outside UCI’s School of Medicine.

Adding an LGBTQ+ focus to M.D. training

Two UCI medical students who’ve benefited from donor support spearhead revisions to school curriculum that boost inclusivity